Airway registries in primarily adult, emergent endotracheal intubation: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency Department (ED) airway registries are formalized methods to collect and document airway practices and outcomes. Airway registries have become increasingly common in EDs globally; yet there is no consensus of airway registry methodology or intended utility. This review builds on previous literature and aims to provide a thorough description of international ED airway registries and discuss how airway registry data is utilized.

Methods

A search of Medline, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Libraries, Web of Science, and Google Scholar was performed with no date limitations applied. English language full-text publications and grey literature from centres implementing an ongoing airway registry to monitor intubations performed in mainly adult patients in an ED settin

SUBMITTER: Meulendyks S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9993388 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature